Materials for the symposium, during which participants discuss economic issues, implications and policy options, will be posted below as sessions begin.

All session times listed are in Mountain Time.

To learn about the symposium's history, read In Late August.

Agenda

Aug. 27, 2026

6:00 p.m.

Opening Reception and Dinner
Jeffrey Schmid
 | Host President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Aug. 28, 2026

8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Friday Session

Kristin J. Forbes
| Chair Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks

external Kevin Warsh
| Keynote Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
8:30 a.m.

Financial Innovation and the International Monetary System

Eswar Prasad
| Author Professor, Cornell University
Catherine L. Mann
| Discussant External Member, Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England
9:05 a.m.

General Discussion

9:55 a.m.

Innovation in Tokenized Finance

Darrell Duffie
| Author Professor, Stanford University
Isabel Schnabel
| Discussant Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
10:30 a.m.

General Discussion

10:55 a.m.

Panel: International Experience with Payments Innovation

Pablo Hernández de Cos
| Panelist General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
Stefano Scarpetta
| Panelist Chief Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Kristalina Georgieva
| Panelist Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
11:55 a.m.

General Discussion

1:00 p.m.

Luncheon Address

Kenneth Rogoff
| Speaker Professor, Harvard University

Aug. 29, 2026

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Saturday Session

Anil Kashyap
| Chair Professor, University of Chicago
8:00 a.m.

Financial Innovation and the Future of Banking

Christine A. Parlour
| Author Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Itay Goldstein
| Discussant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
8:35 a.m.

General Discussion

9:00 a.m.

Financing Innovation

Markus K. Brunnermeier
| Author Professor, Princeton University
Raghuram G. Rajan
| Discussant Professor, University of Chicago
10:00 a.m.

General Discussion

10:25 a.m.

Panel: Financial Innovation: Considerations for Central Banking

Wenxin Du
| Panelist Professor, Harvard University
Arvind Krishnamurthy
| Panelist Professor, Stanford University
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
| Panelist Professor, University of Pennsylvania
11:25 a.m.

General Discussion